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ACR 



A. grandiflo'rum (large -flowered). l. Pala 

 yellow. July. Jura. 1821. 



hi'spidum (rough-haired). 2. Pale yellow. 



June. Siberia. 1823. 



Jacqui'ni (Jacquin's). l. Pale yellow. June* 



Austria. 1800. 



Lama'rckii (Lamarck's). 2. Pale yellow. 



July. Pyrenees. 1817. 



laxiflo'ruln (loose-flowered). 3. Pale yel- 



low. July. Switzerland. 1823. 



lupici'dum (wolf's-bane). 2 Pale yellow. 



July. Europe. 1821. 



lyco'ctonum (wolf's-bane). 3. Purple. July. 



Alps. Europe. 1596. 



macrophy'llum (large - leaved). 2. Pale 



yellow. July. 



Molda'vicum (Moldavian). 5. Purplish. 



August. Moldavia. 1830. 



nemoro'sum (grove). 2. Pale yellow. July. 



Caucasus. 1823. 



Nutta'llii (Nuttali's). 5. Pale blue. August. 



N. Amer. 1829. 



ochralnthum (pale-flowered). 4. Yellow. 



August. Russia. 1834. 



ochroleu'cum (yellowish- white). 3. Light 



yellow. July. Caucasus. 1794. 



ova'tum (ovate-leaved). 2. Purple, green. 



June. Cashmere. 1839. 



Palla'sii (Pallas's). 2. Pale yellow. July. 



Siberia. 1821. 



Pyrena'icum (Pyrenean). 4. Yellow. June. 



Pyrenees. 1739. 



re'ct urn (upright). 3. Pale yellow. July. 



Europe. 1824. 



rubicu'ndum (reddish). 2. Purple. July. 



Siberia. 1819- 



septentriona'le (northern), 4. Blue. July. 



North of Europe. 



roods, and 19 perches, Statute measure. 

 The Scotch Acre contains 5760 square 

 yards, equal to 1 acre, 1 rood, and 2 pec- 

 ches, Statute measure. 



ACEIO'PSIS. (From akros, top, and 

 opsis, eye. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchida 

 cese]. Linn., 2Q-Gynandria 1-Monogynia.') 



A small genus of pretty stove orchids. 

 A. densiflo'ra (crowded-flowered). Green and 

 pink. Borneo. 1846. 



pi'cta (painted). White, green, and purple. 



August. Bantam. 1842. 

 ACEOCO'MIA. (From akros, top, and 

 kome, a tuft ; referring to the way the- 

 leaves are produced. Nat. ord., Palms 

 [Palmaceeej. Linn., 2I-Monaecia 6-Hex- 

 andria.} 



A genus of South American Palms ; a race of 

 plants including some of the most majestic speci- 

 mens of the vegetable kingdom, whose product* 

 of fruit, root, stems, and leaves are applied to- 

 numerous economical purposes. Suckers; riclfc 

 sandy loam. 



A. aculea'ta (prickly). 40- West. Indies. 1796. 

 fusifo'rmit ^pinole-shaped). 40. Trinidad. 

 1731. 



globo'sa (globular). 20. St. Vincent. ' S2 4' 



Guiane'nsis (Guiana). 30. Demerara. 182t 



ho'rrida (horrid). 30. Trinidad. 1820. 



mi'nor (smaller). 20. Trinidad. 1820. 



scleroca'rpa (hard - fruited). 40. W. Ind. 



1731. 



tenuifo'lia (fine-leaved). 30. Brazil. 1834.. 

 AcEONycHiA. (From akros, top, and 



Stoerckia'num (Stoerck's). 4. Blue. August. 



-therio'phonum '(o^st's-bane). 2$. Pale n ?*' * claw ? referring to the curved- 

 yellow. June. Europe. 1824. j points of the petals. Nat. ord., Citron- 



trago'ctonv.vn (goafs-bane). 2. Pale yellow. ! worts [Aurantiacese]. Linn., S-Octandriz 



July. Switzerland. 1822. I -i Mnnnntin'm \ 



-versi'colar (various-coloured). Blue and white. *"***? 



August. Siberia. 1820. About the best. A fine greenhouse evergreen tree, producing 



vulpa'ria (fox-bane). 3. Pale yellow. July. ! sweet-scented blossoms, not unlike those of the- 



Alps. Europe. 1821. orange. Cuttings of small side-shoots in July, 



and 



in sand, under a bell glass ; soil, sandy loam 

 peat . winter temp(j fe 40 o to 45 o/ ' 



A'COEUS. (From a, privative, and kore, 



the pupil of the eye; referring to its Z"cnm^Aa47(Cunn"ingham'' s ). White. July, 

 medical qualities. Nat. ord., Orontiads | 

 [Orontiacese]. Linn., 6-Hexandria 1- 

 Monogynia.} 



A small genus of herbaceous plants, having 

 word-like leaves. A. calamus is a useful medi- 

 cinal plant a native of our marshes ; but now 

 used chiefly by perfumers for the fragrance of its 

 roots. Hardy marsh perennials. 

 A. ca'lamus (sweet-flag). 2. June. Britain. 



grami'neus (grass-leaved). . February. China. 



1796. 



terre'stris (land). 1. June. China. 1822. 

 ACEE is the usual land-measure in 



Great Britain. The Statute Acre through- 

 out the United Kingdom now contains 4 

 square roods; a rood contains 160 square 

 perches, rods, poles, or luys ; and a perch 

 contains 30|- square yards. A Statute 

 Acre, therefore, contains 4840 square 

 yards. The Irish Acre contains 7840 

 square yards, or nearly equal to 1 acre, 2 



Moreton Bay. 1838. 



ACEOPE'EA. (From akros, the end, 

 and per a, a pouch; referring to a pouch- 

 like appendage at the end of the label- 

 lum. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchidacese], 

 Linn., 29-Gynandria \-Wgnp^ynJ.d.\ 



A pretty stove orchid. 

 A. Loddige'sii (Loddige's). j. Yellow and 



spotted. August. Mexico. 1823. 

 ACEOPHY'LLUM. (From akros, top, and. 

 phyllon, a leaf; referring to the way in 

 which the leaves are produced at the 

 summit of the branches ahove the 

 flowers. Nat. ord., Cunoniads [Cuno- 

 niacese]. Linn., 10-Decandria I-Mono- 

 yynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of half- 

 ripe shoots in July ; soil, sandy peat and loam. 

 A, verticilla'tum (whorled). 6. Pink and white.- 



May. N. Holland. 1835. 



